Scary moment...falling while pregnant

So I had a very scary moment the day before Thanksgiving. I took my dog to the vet for boarding and as I was leaving down their horribly warped wooden stairs I tripped and fell. I landed on all fours and hit my stomach on the cement curb to the parking lock. I freaked out. My parents were not far away and drove me to the ER (I hurt my right ankle and couldn't drive). They did x-rays and my wrist and ankle were okay, but with bad sprains. They then put me in the hospital for 4 hours for observation and monitoring of the baby. She is fine. Thank god. It was really scary and I was apparently in shock because I was shivering so bad at the ER and I am never cold. When I went in my BP was 162 over 116, but it calmed down over that time and went back to normal. I am 34 weeks.

Comments (4)

Be careful!!! I wasn’t as lucky as you and when I fell Wednesday night I broke both bones in my left leg right below my knee. Baby is fine thank god. Have a broke while while 33 wks pregnant is freaking miserable. I’m so glad that you didn’t break anything and that baby is fine.

Be careful!!! I wasn’t as lucky as you and when I fell Wednesday night I br...

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11/26/2018

Be careful!!! I wasn’t as lucky as you and when I fell Wednesday night I broke both bones in my left leg right below my knee. Baby is fine thank god. Have a broke while while 33 wks pregnant is freaking miserable. I’m so glad that you didn’t break anything and that baby is fine.

Ouch i'm so sorry. Doc said if I hadn't been wearing my cowboy boots I'd have a broken ankle. I wouldn't have fallen at all had they not hard warped wooden stairs.

I had someone pull out in front of me 2 weeks ago. I about peed my pants. Not only would I have felt horrible hitting them but that would have not been good for baby or me. I am so glad your ok. These things just happen but they are terrifying when they do. I was shaking the rest of my drive home after my near miss.

Geesh! What was it about the day before thanksgiving? I also fell then. It was only down 2 stairs but I landed on my knees first then caught my upper body on my wrist/elbow. It was tile flooring too which sucked. Luckily I managed to not hit my stomach but it was scary while it was happening and my knees were crazy bruised until today.

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